Introduction

This pathfinder is designed for a large academic library (Davis library, UNC-CH,) with the undergraduate student population primarily in mind. Hopefully others could find the information useful as well.
The phenomenon of global warming has been generally accepted in the international scientific community. My goal was to find some information regarding what effects we could expect to see in our home state of North Carolina. I found that this was a little too specific, so I broadened my scope to include the entire southeastern United States.

Library of Congress subject headings:
Library of Congress Subject Headings for Environmental Sources
This is a great article explaining the evolution of LC subject headings to cover the growing topic of climate change, by Greta de Groat at Stanford University Libraries.

General subject headings
include:
Global warming
Climatic change
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric
Environmental protection
Human ecology
Environmental policy
Global temperature changes
Greenhouse gases

Call numbers
range widely. Try QC981.8.G56 for global warming specifically, HD's and HN's for environment and government policy, and the QE's and QC's for eastern coastal regions (including North Carolina) and climate change.